What should the White House do? Panic! — Editor's note: James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, appearing frequently on CNN's “The Situation Room” as well as other programs on all CNN networks. Carville remains active in Democratic politics and is a party fundraiser.

Some Democrats Are Balking at Obama's Jobs Bill — WASHINGTON — President Obama anticipated Republican resistance to his jobs program, but he is now meeting increasing pushback from his own party. Many Congressional Democrats, smarting from the fallout over the 2009 stimulus bill …

Pass the bill, Obama says 90 times — Think the message is getting through to Congress? In five speeches over a week, President Obama has said “pass this bill” or some variant of it 90 times. — That's 18 times in his speech to Congress, 18 times at the University of Richmond …

Idiot Box: And the Winner of the Fox News Primary Is... It was a self-inflicted, eye-glazing marathon—50 hours in late August spent watching a full sampling of the Fox News lineup. Looking back, it seems like a nine-day hallucination of strident voices, blonde hair, and more pitchmen hawking gold coins …

Perry Supported By Republicans, Views Rejected — Republicans give Rick Perry frontrunner status in their party's presidential primary race even as warning signs flash over his ability to win support in the general election. — The Texas governor is the preferred choice of 26 percent …

Crony Capitalism on Steroids from GE to Solyndra — In my recent speech in Iowa, some eyebrows were raised when I took on our government's enormous economic problems caused by crony capitalism. As if on cue, just days later President Obama selected someone who exemplifies …

But Black People Govern Like This ... Via Angry Black Lady, I know Michael Moore and Bill Maher think this is a great line: … But it really isn't. In fact, it's racist, and Michael Moore would do well to stop repeating it. It really is no better than the Kenyan anti-colonial bit, and in fact is good deal worse.

Seeing Ripple in Jewish Vote — WASHINGTON — Not since Jimmy Carter in 1980 has a Democrat running for president failed to win a lopsided majority of the Jewish vote. This has been true during times of peace or war, and even when there has been deep acrimony between the White House and the Israeli government.

Does the Euro Have a Future? — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, Berlin, September 1, 2011 — The euro crisis is a direct consequence of the crash of 2008. When Lehman Brothers failed, the entire financial system started to collapse and had to be put on artificial life support.

White House Pressure for a Donor? — The Pentagon has worried for months that a project backed by a prominent Democratic donor might interfere with military GPS. Now Congress wants to know if the White House pressured a general to change his testimony.

Should Faking a Name on Facebook Be a Felony? — Congress contemplates draconian punishment for Internet lies. — Imagine that President Obama could order the arrest of anyone who broke a promise on the Internet. So you could be jailed for lying about your age or weight on an Internet dating site.

Liberal Sorcery — I want to double (or triple) down on these three posts by Yglesias. They're all somewhat themed around the president's job plan. As Matt rightly notes, this obsession with the president's want of liberalism really needs to confront the hard facts of Senators and congressmen who say things like this:

Report: ‘Romneycare’ a jobs killer — Study finds Bay State lost thousands of jobs — The Bay State's controversial 2006 universal health-care plan — also known as “Romneycare” — has cost Massachusetts more than 18,000 jobs, according to an exclusive blockbuster study that could provide ammo …

How I was the subject of anti-Semitic abuse in Cairo — Protests against Egypt's slow pace of reform continue to take place in Tahrir Square — Relations between Israel and Egypt have become increasingly strained in recent weeks, and in the Egyptian capital there is a mounting sense of tension, including incidents of anti-Semitism.

A Blue-State Bailout in Disguise — Our new study shows that under the Obama jobs bill, debt-ridden states will get another big handout. — Last Thursday, the president urged Congress to pony up roughly $200 billion in taxpayer money to “provide more jobs for teachers [and] …

Bam's terrible risk — Do President Obama's advisers realize they've got him frittering away the last political asset he has left? — As unpopular as the president's policies — and especially his results — have proved, a majority of Americans still like and, somehow, even trust him personally.

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